{"author_link":"\/author\/catmoo\/","author_name":"Catmoo","author_uid":"1396","comments":[{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:19am","epoch":1355714040,"text":"This is great! Love the idea, and it feels positively like those old-timey lcd-games that sell tehmselves on being like game-boys :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work!"},{"author_name":"robashton","author_uid":"7112","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1355761140,"text":"Not bad at all, it could have been a bit more challenging to begin with - perhaps by making the trains something that you also had to avoid :)"},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1355781480,"text":"This game brings back some nostalgia from those oldschool gamesystems that looked like gameboys, but could only play very simple games with simple graphics.\r<br\/>Definitely liking aesthetic execution with the graphics style and resolute audio!"},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:12pm","epoch":1355782020,"text":"Would be great to have to avoid trains too..."},{"author_name":"sharbelfs","author_uid":"3689","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1355782320,"text":"good idea, very original. :)"},{"author_name":"Biped","author_uid":"14488","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1355782320,"text":"I used to love game &amp; watch when I was young - you've definitely captured that vibe. Well done."},{"author_name":"saampahlavan","author_uid":"18047","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:37am","epoch":1355805120,"text":"great game and watch feel!"},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1355868900,"text":"You really nailed the game&amp;watch look and sound.  Fantastic job :)"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 11:28am","epoch":1355916180,"text":"Game&amp;Watch seems to be the trend for this LD: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=4681\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think your game also misses a loosing condition. Like RexPeppers suggests, having to avoid trains could enhance the gameplay."},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1355924160,"text":"Fun game &amp; watch style"},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1355947800,"text":"97 points on the first try (using the mouse). This is really fun and addictive! I think the balancing is quite good, and I particularly like how there seem to be &quot;waves&quot; so you get a bit of a breather in between, because it does get quite hectic. It looks cute too!"},{"author_name":"CoffeeOnimal","author_uid":"1643","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1356004740,"text":"HA! I love it. I agree that you might want to make avoiding the trains part of it, but even as is it's more fun that it should be. Gleefully evil! Great job."},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"14403","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1356026640,"text":"Nice, but gets a bit boring."},{"author_name":"Cabral","author_uid":"19605","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1356043020,"text":"It's really nice, good graphics, good sounds and it's very solid.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The gameplay is kind of repetitive, I wish there was more to it, as there's too much waiting time and what you do move ends up being really automated. But good job, over all!"},{"author_name":"Houly","author_uid":"7224","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1356277860,"text":"Yeah, liked the game &amp; watch style. Could have been a little more in this direction graphical wise.\r<br\/>Nice little game."},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Jan 1, 2013 @ 11:14am","epoch":1357038540,"text":"Nice retro LCD action."},{"author_name":"laaph","author_uid":"3320","time":"Jan 1, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1357076760,"text":"Very cute, love the game and watch style."}],"images":["ld25\/1396-3f84ca50f02772a815cad1a43022f298.jpg","ld25\/1396-64720c1ff109efc83de4a6a969f30b96.jpg","ld25\/1396-8d91cbe875deb195d2506f378a642565.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.catmoo.co.uk\/ld25atatrt\/catherine_woolley_LD25_alongtherailroadtracks.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.catmoo.co.uk\/ld25atatrt\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.catmoo.co.uk\/ld25atatrt\/LD25_alongtherailroadtracks-source.gmx.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28485","g_author":"1396","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28515","g_title":"A trip along the railroad tracks","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"212","g_commentcount":"17","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1396-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1396-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1396-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I figured for this LD I'd try and make something a little simpler so here you have A trip along the railroad tracks a game trying to re-create the memories an LCD game like we all grew up with.\r\n\r\nYou play a dastardly fiend that wants to have his vengeance on the world...or just on passers by. I hope you enjoy!\r\n\r\nI hope to also be releasing a version for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 in the close future after making sure to iron out any bugs that exist.\r\n\r\nYou can play with a variety of controls as the instructions state although I recommend using the mouse as then the avatar changes between his subimages which didn't manage to get completed on arrow\/WASD.\r\n\r\nAlso sorry that there is no highscore table as well, I couldn't get it to work and it was causing other script to not work. But let me know your scores as it does get frantic and probably a bit too hard the further you get, I really want to go over it again to balance the timings.\r\n\r\nAlso my apologises that the .exe actually has to be installed now, I didn't realise Game Maker had changed its ways.\r\n\r\nCreated in Game Maker studio and tested mainly on Windows and a little testing in Internet Explorer 9. As usual if you find any bugs please let me know so I can try and fix them! :) Also for those with small screens my apologies for making it at such a large resolution, I did this because of my plans to port it over to other devices.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!<\/p>","title":"A trip along the railroad tracks"}